English School, 18th Century- Portrait of two girls, traditionally identified...
English School, 18th Century- Portrait of two girls, traditionally identified as Sarah and Martha Manning, full-length, with a young boy, traditionally identified as William Manning (1763-1835), seated at their feet in a landscape; oil on canvas, 120x72cm Provenance: Miss C. Miller (according to a label on the reverse); Mrs Honywood; Christie’s, London, 28 November 1969, lot 247, to Chiltern; Private collection of Victor Aubrey Lownes III (April 17, 1928-January 11, 2017). Lownes was an executive for HMH Publishing Company Inc., later known as Playboy Enterprises, from 1955 through the early 1980s. Note: When this portrait was offered for sale at Christie’s in 1969, the sitters were identified as Sarah, Martha and William Manning. Interestingly, the same vendor sold a second portrait of members of the Manning family; William Sr. (d.1791), his wife Elizabeth Ryan Manning and two more children, Mary and John. William Sr. and his son were both West India Merchants, William Jr. was also an MP and later Governor of the Bank of England.
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English School, 18th Century- Portrait of two girls, traditionally identified as Sarah and Martha Manning, full-length, with a young boy, traditionally identified as William Manning (1763-1835), seated at their feet in a landscape; oil on canvas, 120x72cm Provenance: Miss C. Miller (according to a label on the reverse); Mrs Honywood; Christie’s, London, 28 November 1969, lot 247, to Chiltern; Private collection of Victor Aubrey Lownes III (April 17, 1928-January 11, 2017). Lownes was an executive for HMH Publishing Company Inc., later known as Playboy Enterprises, from 1955 through the early 1980s. Note: When this portrait was offered for sale at Christie’s in 1969, the sitters were identified as Sarah, Martha and William Manning. Interestingly, the same vendor sold a second portrait of members of the Manning family; William Sr. (d.1791), his wife Elizabeth Ryan Manning and two more children, Mary and John. William Sr. and his son were both West India Merchants, William Jr. was also an MP and later Governor of the Bank of England.
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